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Question

What years did people think that vampires really were among us? (Not too early, not too late.) This date should have carriages, trained animals, and maybe even a huge sickness or plague, (not the black plague, too early in time), And I need a few catchy yet old names, the names should go with the date.Thank you.

No, this is not for an assignment, but I just want to do some stuff for fun, thanks!

Answer 1

It seems that until the 19th century, vampires in Europe were thought to be hideous monsters from the grave. They were usually believed to rise from the bodies of suicide victims, criminals, or evil sorcerers, though in some cases an initial vampire thus "born of sin" could pass his vampirism onto his innocent victims. In other cases, however, a victim of a cruel, untimely, or violent death was susceptible to becoming a vampire. Most of Romanian vampire folk beliefs (except Strigoi) and European vampire stories have Slavic origins.

During the 18th century there was a major vampire scare in Eastern Europe. Even government officials frequently got dragged into the hunting and staking of vampires.

It all started with an outbreak of alleged vampire attacks in East Prussia in 1721 and in the Habsburg Monarchy from 1725 to 1734. Two famous cases involved Peter Plogojowitz and Arnold Paole. As the story goes, Plogojowitz died at the age of 62, but came back a couple of times after his death asking his son for food. When the son refused, he was found dead the next day. Soon Plogojowitz returned and attacked some neighbours who died from loss of blood.

During the late 18th and 19th centuries the belief in vampires was widespread in parts of New England, particularly in Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. In this region there are many documented cases of families disinterring loved ones and removing their hearts in the belief that the deceased was a vampire who was responsible for sickness and death in the family (although the word "vampire" was never used to describe him/her). The deadly tuberculosis, or "consumption" as it was known at the time, was believed to be caused by nightly visitations on the part of a dead family member (who had died of consumption him/herself[14]). The most famous (and latest recorded) case is that of nineteen year old Mercy Brown who died in Exeter, Rhode Island in 1892. Her father, assisted by the family physician, removed her from her tomb two months after her death. Her heart was cut out then burnt to ashes.[15] An account of this incident was found among the papers of Bram Stoker and the story closely resembles the events in his classic novel, Dracula.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampires

Best story with vampires--check out the story of Old Vlad the Impaler, the man who Dracula was formed after.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

Answer 2

Rabies was a very common fatal illness back in 1400-1500's and many believe the modern day vampire came to be because Dracula exhibited all the symptoms; inability to drink anything but blood, extended canines, fear of daylight, heightened sexual prowess..people really ran down the streets biting people at night because rabies causes crazy bloodlust, and light hurts the eyes...
My favorite period name is Arkady.

Answer 3

i think that was big in the 50's and 60's

Answer 4

vampires were only in legends movies and fables for kids